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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "m1_putinov" <m1_putinov@rya-online.net>
Reply-To: maputinov@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:30:23 GMT
Subject: GET BACK TO ME.

My Dear Partner,

My name is Mr. Martin Putinov. Am sure that my letter will
come to you by surprise because we have not met before, but
I want you to understand that it takes only a day to know
some one either physically or by correspondence. I got your
email contact through my personal search through the
internet and then I decided to contact you for us to execute
a financial transaction that requires trust and
confidentiality, which shall benefit you and I at the end.
There is a fund inheritance of my client in deposit with a
Trusted Financial Institute before he was involved in a
plane crash, which took lives of several number of people.
This incident took place on the 6th day of December 1997 a
huge transport plane,AN124 "Ruslan," crashed into the
residential section of Irkutsk.


Now I want you to stand as the next of kin to my late client
as I have a very right as his Legal Adviser to will this
inheritance to any foreigner as I or anyone related to me
cannot claim it as the rightful beneficiary, the funds in
question is over $65,000,000.00 (Sixty Five Million United
State Dollars Only). This will be claimed and transferred to
your nominated bank account as soon as they receive the
documents that prove you beneficiary. I will share the money
with you 60% to 40% as 40% is for your assistance. This
transaction is 100% risk free because none of the diseased
relations knows about this money. I will provide you with
all the information you will need to know before proceeding.
I am given you full assurance that this money will be
released to you as long as you give me full cooperation. I
will give you more details about the transaction after your
positive responds.

Warmest Regards.
Mr MARTIN PUTINOV.

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